Intro

Welcome to the initial post to my 2010 fantasy baseball blog. I play in two leagues and plan on updating my progress on a daily basis. If my season is as successful as last then this will be fun for me. If it's not, well, then it'll probably be pretty miserable. I like both leagues equally which is rare. Usually when I play in more than one fantasy league I care about some teams more than others. Here's the background on my leagues:

Keeper League

Thirteen team mixed rotisserie auction league. As opposed to most keeper leagues that get to designate their keepers right before the season starts, after we buy a player in the auction, we have one week to sign that player to a contract. The contract can run anywhere from one to four years. There is no salary escalation. If you sign someone for more than one year and he sucks or gets injured, your only recourse is to drop him, in which case 60% of his salary will count against your salary cap the following year, 40% the year after that, and 20% the year after that (assuming he is signed for 4 years). You can also trade said player and then the contract is no longer your problem, but that is much easier said than done. This league is awesome, the auction, salary cap, and contract situation adds so many layers of strategy that aren't seen in normal fantasy leagues. It is not perfect though. It is not deep enough for my liking. I would love to expand to fifteen teams but I have a feeling this won't ever happen. In my next post I'll detail my 2010 roster, expectations, and mindset before, during, and after the auction in relation to the players I rostered and how they fit in. In 2009 I finished in second place, 2.5 points out of first place. Not only was this an excruciatingly small amount to lose by, but I had a large lead through most of the season. On paper my team was far superior to everyone else's. But I blew it, no other way around it. 2.5 freaking points. I vow to get revenge this year, I will win this league if it kills me.

Redraft League

Fourteen team mixed rotisserie auction league. Very similar specs as the other league except there's one more team and three fewer roster spots. In this league we only start seven pitchers as opposed to the standard nine (I way prefer nine), and only twelve offensive players (keeper league starts thirteen with the thirteenth being an extra utility spot). I love this league also. This league is comprised of mostly guys I know that are all cocky and love to talk trash. So you can imagine how much I loved it last year when I not only won the league, but I set a league record for most points (127) and margin of victory (23). At my auction last week I walked around with my chest puffed out so far it was ridiculous. I have no doubts I can match last year. Well, I have no doubts I can win again. Scoring 120+ and winning by 20+ might be getting a little greedy, but God knows I'm gonna try.

So in my next few posts I'll tell you how my teams filled out and why I rostered certain guys, what my strategy going into the auctions were and if they worked out or not.

Throughout the season I plan on giving daily updates of the standings in both leagues, how my boys are playing, trades and free agent pickups I make, etc. It's going to be a fun journey, enjoy the ride with me!

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